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Conscious Spending for Couples: Seven Skills for Financial Harmony: Deborah Knuckey

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“a perfect book for newlyweds or any couple mired in debate over whether to spend or save.” (Bookpage, January 2003)
“a perfect book for newlyweds or any couple mired in debate over whether to spend or save.” (Bookpage, January 2003)

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Financial Peace Revisited: Dave Ramsey

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From Publishers Weekly
An updated, expanded version of Ramsey’s first book about overcoming debt and managing personal finances, this edition boasts new chapters on the relationship between money matters and family matters. (Originally self-published in 1992, Financial Peace had its sales bolstered by Ramsey’s eponymous personal [...]

Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (J-B Carver Board Governance Series): John Carver

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“When I came upon Carver’s book, I threw away everything I had collected on the subject of boards.” (NRB, July/Aug. 2002)
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“This book should be in the library of everyone who serves—or aspires to serve—on the governing board [...]

Free Money from the Federal Government for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs: Laurie Blum

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A completely revised, updated edition of the bestselling guide to the millions of dollars available for free from the federal government
Even in the best of times, starting and running a small business can be an uphill battle. To help make life easier, Free Money(r) guru Laurie Blum shows you how to [...]

Why Men Earn More: The Startling Truth Behind the Pay Gap — and What Women Can Do About It: Warren Farrell

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From Publishers Weekly
Why do men earn more than women? Because they deserve to, argues this contrarian challenge to feminist conventional wisdom. Men work longer hours at more dangerous and disagreeable jobs. They more readily accept night shifts, hardship postings to Alaska and entrepreneurial risks. Men [...]

101 Ways to Make Meetings Active: Surefire Ideas to Engage Your Group: Mel Silberman, Kathy Clark

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Say goodbye to the dull and deadly! Siberman’s back–and better than ever!Think about your last meeting. Was it boring? Meetings often are. You might be yawning just thinking about it. You’re not the only one!Those who attAnd stale meetings are as bored with them as the people responsible [...]

Make Their Day! Employee Recognition That Works: Cindy Ventrice

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“For years I’ve said the key to developing people and creating great organizations is to catch people doing things right. In Beyond Plaques and Rewards you’ll learn how to best recognize others for their contributions.” - Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager[registered] and [...]

Inside the Fed: Monetary Policy and Its Management, Martin through Greenspan to Bernanke: Stephen H. Axilrod

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From Publishers Weekly
Axilrod, a longtime Federal Reserve System veteran, provides an insider’s perspective on how the Fed has evolved over the past 50 years. Revealing the impact of personalities and their responses to political, social and bureaucratic situations, he explores such key topics such as [...]

Make Success Measurable!: A Mindbook-Workbook for Setting Goals and Taking Action: Douglas K. Smith

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“Performance begins with focusing on outcomes instead of activities. In my experience, most people in most organizations most of the time do the reverse. They concentrate their efforts on the pursuit of activities instead of outcomes. As a result, they rarely set or achieve performance results that matter.”
Today’s performance challenges demand [...]

Make a Difference: America’s Guide to Volunteering and Community Service: Arthur I. Blaustein

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Do You Want to Become a Volunteer but feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of organizations to choose from? Look no further than this revised edition of the bestselling book Make a Difference! Complied and written by Arthur Blaustein, adjunct professor of social and urban policy at the University of [...]